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Though many object to clear cutting, most woodland o^Tiers are will- 

 ing to sell logs from their holdings providing they are assured the repro- 

 ductive and recreational aspects of the woodland will not suffer. There 

 are a few tracts, however, where no consideration appears likely to in- 

 fluence the owner to market timber. Included in this classification are 

 some of the purety recreational areas owned by governmental agencies 

 and holdings of a small number of individuals. By eliminating from con- 

 sideration tracts listed as inaccessible and those from which no sales can 

 be expected within the near future, and estimating annual cut on a sus- 

 tained vield basis, net figures for available supply are obtained. (See 

 Table 4). 



Table 4. — Annual cut of timber accessible and available for sale, on sus- 

 tained yield basis, by types 



Type Good quality Fair quality Total 



~ M bd. ft. M bd. ft. M bd. ft. 



Pine 1,366 942 2,308 



Other softwood 1,018 669 1,687 



Hardwood 332 779 1,111 



Paper birchi 59 238 297 



Total 2,716 2,390 5,106 



^Included in hardwood 



The extent to which there is equipment available is important in the 

 consideration of a cooperative enterprise. The experience of the past 

 year in timber salvage work indicates that when markets warrant, large 

 quantities of both labor and equipment for logging can be secured from 

 outside the area. Consequently, the consideration of equipment will be 

 left to a later section on cooperative marketing of forest products. 



Marketing 



Before possibilities for the future can be analyzed, consideration must 

 be given to consumption, prices paid, and transportation of forest prod- 

 ucts. These, together with related topics, are discussed in the next four 

 sections. 



Consumption of Forest Products 



Throughout the following discussion certain qualifications must be kept 

 in mind. First of all, a period intermediate in length during which av- 

 erage annual cut is regulated on a sustained yield basis is assumed. 

 Secondly, estimates both of annual cut and annual amount processed are 

 average figures and do not pertain to any particular year. Obviously, 

 were either of these assumptions violated a comparison of such figures 

 would be of little value. A third qualification to be kept in mind is 

 that in much of the discussion the area under study is treated as though 

 it were an isolated region affected only imperceptibly by changing mar- 

 ket conditions elsewhere. This is, of course, not the case. Conclusions 

 derived from such over-simplified assumptions must be modified in line 

 with actuality. 



